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Big banks' 'sustainable finance' label misleading: securities complaint
January 09, 2024 - 1:00 AM

TORONTO - Canada's big five banks are potentially misleading investors with their use of terms like sustainable finance, according to a complaint to securities regulators by a climate advocacy group.
US to end Russia's ability to pay international investors
May 24, 2022 - 12:38 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will close the last avenue for Russia to pay its billions in debt back to international investors on Wednesday, making a Russian default on its debts for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution all but inevitable.
Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82
April 14, 2021 - 6:05 PM

NEW YORK - Bernard Madoff, the infamous architect of an epic securities swindle that burned thousands of investors, outfoxed regulators and earned him a 150-year prison term, died behind bars early Wednesday. He was 82.
EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute
March 05, 2021 - 11:32 AM

BRUSSELS - A first phone call Friday clinched the first trade breakthrough to start rebuilding trans-Atlantic relations between the United States and the European Union in the wake of the Trump presidency.
Half of Ontario hospitals in poor state of repair; accountability office says
November 26, 2020 - 1:50 PM

TORONTO - Almost half of Ontario's hospitals are in poor repair, a situation far worse than for the provinces roads, bridges and other infrastructure, the Financial Accountability Office reported on Thursday.
Belarus activist resists effort to deport her to Ukraine
September 08, 2020 - 5:16 PM

KYIV, Ukraine - A leading opposition activist in Belarus was held on the border with Ukraine on Tuesday after she resisted an attempt by authorities to deport her as part of government efforts to end a month of protests against authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
2 accused of smuggling ex-Nissan boss out of Japan in a box
May 20, 2020 - 4:39 PM

WASHINGTON - A former Green Beret and his son were arrested Wednesday in Massachusetts on charges they smuggled Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of Japan in a box while he awaited trial there on financial misconduct charges.
Ottawa cites salmon species extinction risk in call for input on slide response
November 30, 2019 - 1:47 PM

Ottawa is seeking help to avoid what it says could be the extinction of some British Columbian salmon species because of a massive landslide on the Fraser River that sparked a co-ordinated emergency response this year.
AP analysis: Hundreds of companies excused from steel tariff
February 15, 2019 - 3:21 PM

WASHINGTON - Despite President Donald Trump's tough talk on trade, his administration has granted hundreds of companies permission to import millions of tons of steel made in China, Japan and other countries without paying the hefty tariff he put in place to protect U.S. manufacturers and jobs, according to an Associated Press analysis.
In China, your car could be talking to the government
November 29, 2018 - 4:31 PM

SHANGHAI - When Shan Junhua bought his white Tesla Model X, he knew it was a fast, beautiful car. What he didn't know is that Tesla constantly sends information about the precise location of his car to the Chinese government.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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Big banks' 'sustainable finance' label misleading: securities complaint

US to end Russia's ability to pay international investors

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison at 82

EU, US agree to suspend tariffs over Airbus-Boeing dispute

Half of Ontario hospitals in poor state of repair; accountability office says

Belarus activist resists effort to deport her to Ukraine

2 accused of smuggling ex-Nissan boss out of Japan in a box

Ottawa cites salmon species extinction risk in call for input on slide response

AP analysis: Hundreds of companies excused from steel tariff

In China, your car could be talking to the government

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